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Synopsis: A middle-aged Japanese woman, now living in England, relives her horrifying childhood memories of the bombing of Nagasaki

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The story of Etsuko, a Japanese woman now living alone in England, dwelling on the recent suicide of her daughter. In a story where past and present confuse, she relives scenes of Japan's devastation in the wake of World War II.